Studebaker SB2145B 80's Retro Street Bluetooth Boombox with FM Radio, CD Player, LED EQ, 10 Watts RMS Power and AC/DC

We ordered this for our daughter for Christmas (with fairly low expectations due to the unknown "Studebaker" brand name) but were very pleasantly surprised at the excellent sound quality and many bonus features! I am a professional recording engineer and am not easily impressed, but this unit sounds REALLY good! Our daughter loves the optional light display when the music is playing and the ability to connect her iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth, as well as being able to play all of her favorite CDs again! If this continues to work as it now does, I would not hesitate to highly recommend it!

Speaker was really nice at first, not impressively loud but did its job and has good sound quality. However after a couple weeks it doesn’t work properly. When using Bluetooth it randomly disconnects and reconnects like every minute and sometimes cuts straight to static. Tried my CDs instead and those would just stop playing and wouldn’t resume unless I let it sit for a few hours to get maybe 1 or 2 songs before it stops again. Only thing that works is the radio, haven’t tried aux yet. It does look nice and the light show part is cool but ultimately does not do its job.

I live in a small three bedroom apartment and you only need to turn up the dial to about 20% for the system to be at a comfortable listening volume that is loud enough to fill the room, and not have a ridiculous amount of audio spill into other rooms that may disturb others. Conversely, if you have some annoying neighbors that carry a small portable speaker around that don't know the meaning of keeping things at a respectful volume, this system is great at giving them a taste of their own medicine. I don't necessarily recommend blasting it so loud, but if vengeance is what you seek, this may help you find it. Because no matter if they decide to take the party to a different room, you can easily unplug and carry on to the next destination until they get the picture and turn their $#&@ down. It's at least loud enough to make your floors start shaking. Bluetooth works great, CD player causes no issues, radio is decent, and I'm also able to plug my PC up to it via AUX cable. Longest battery life I had was about 5 hours and that was with the light show capabilities turned on. I rarely turn them off, although the sound waves are just for show, and doesn't actually sync to the music, which is somewhat disappointing. Either way this is great for the price, but be warned that extended use at loud volumes could potentially damage the speakers, so blast it sparingly.

Extremely dope Bluetooth speaker! Everyone loves this thing when they see it!

WARNING!!! Do not leave it plugged in past the full charge. I knew that the radio should not be constantly plugged in but over looked it. I have had the radio since Feb. 2023. Shortly after using it, the antenna fell down inside the radio. I could pull it back up but it was very loose and the radio wouldn’t tune in well. I mostly used it with the Bluetooth setting and played music through my phone. I was getting ready to leave the house yesterday and smelled something burning. I asked my daughter if she just blew a candle out and she said no. Her and I looked to see where the smell was coming from. I was this radio smoking. I grabbed it up and took it to the yard! Please follow the instructions that tell you not to leave it plugged up. I know it was my fault and just came here to warn others!